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A&A: Globe trotting university official keeps tabs on dog sends bill to tax payers

FAC March 20, 2012

Q: I’m looking into a dean at one of the state universities who appears to spend a lot of university money on luxurious travel. I requested phone bills from the dean’s university-paid phone because I’d heard the dean’s dog is boarded at a kennel and the dean often calls the kennel from  international locales on UC’s dime. I got the phone bills but UC redacted all the phone numbers citing California Government Code §6254(c); Cal.

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A&A: School refuses to explain why principal fired behind closed doors

FAC March 4, 2012

Q: An elementary school principal was forced to resigned after a closed session meeting with the school board. Board members say they CAN’T talk about the decision. I made a written request for the files. They say they don’t have to show me the file’s under government code 6250. I don’t believe that’s true. Most of the employees at the school agree with me, but cannot speak up. A: There seem to be a couple

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A&A: Can I reqest public staff time cards?

FAC September 26, 2011

Q: My community has a special water district. There is a manager and a five-person elected board. Would the manager’s time-card be public information? Also, the board has not approved the minutes for months. Is there a time limit to approve minutes from meetings? A: Under the California Public Records Act, public records, including “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or

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A&A: Should complaints against belligerent councilman be public?

FAC August 19, 2011

Q: I am a reporter trying to access public records  for two investigations regarding incidents involving a City Councilman — one at a city-owned clubhouse and the other at a local transit agency. Both of my public records requsts have been rejected because officials say it is a personnel matter. In the transit agency’s rejection letter, which is the one I received most recently, it cites California Gov. Code 6254(c)and(k) as well as City of

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A&A: State college employees using work email for political campaigning

FAC August 12, 2011

Q: A member of the staff of a state college used his work email address for over two years to conduct a political campaign. County Counsel is both refusing to act on this matter, and claims there was no inappropriate use of a public email. He talks about door hangers, calling up talk shows, and the county counsel claims as long as he is advocating a position, just talking about campaigning it is ok. I

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